The illustrated birth control manual

The illustrated birth control manual

220 BOOK Am. J. Obst. & Gynec. January. 1959 REVIETVS The clinical material presented consisted of 1,568 infertile couples followed for one to 10 ...

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Am. J. Obst. & Gynec. January. 1959

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The clinical material presented consisted of 1,568 infertile couples followed for one to 10 years. As a standard for future comparison 37.5 per cent of the women had a pregnancy. Of these, 23.5 per cent hecame The pregnant within one year of the initial interview. study of the infertile couple by an organized plan began in 1943. The diagnostic methods have not changed significantly but there has brrn alteration in the interpretation of the results. The real message of the book is the analysis of results of therapy. The authors inspire criticism, significance tests

present. their facts with the skill of trained investigators. Some details especially in the section on t,hc treatment of ovarian imbalance. Although are applied the groups analyzed are not) comparable.

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As the subject of birth control comes to be more openly discussed and a part of modern living, the need for dissemination of accurate scientific information to the 1ait.v in a simple, readily comprehensible, nontechnical manner is apparent. A measure of success is achieved by the author, who strives to do this in 392 pages with an overly generous, though at times repetitive, supply of illustrations, 378 in all, including 27 co101 plates. The first half of the book is concerned with t.hr anatomy of the male and female reproductive organs and the sex act. Following this, the types of birth control methods are briefly presented, the recommended as well as the harmful or useless and outmoded means. The diaphragm jelly, the condom, and the rhythm methods, i.e., the most popular and most frequently used of the recommended methods, are given more space an(l discussed in separate chapters. A directory of birth contol and infertility services in the United States and Canada has been appended. I-alue

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